Family Engagement Capacity Builder (AmeriCorps VISTA)

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award/End of Service Stipend

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Training

Job summary

Reading Partners is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping children become lifelong readers by connecting them with community volunteers and evidence-based literacy support.

As a Family Engagement Capacity Building VISTA, you will develop sustainable systems that strengthen how families access literacy resources, participate in their children's learning, and connect with schools and community organizations.

Qualifications

• Experience developing training materials, facilitating groups, conducting research, or creating resources.
• Strong candidates will have excellent communication, project management, research, and analytical skills.
• Interest in education, literacy, family engagement, or community development.

Responsibilities

• Research and document evidence-based family engagement and parent leadership practices.
• Develop a scalable family engagement framework and planning tools for regional teams.
• Co-create a family learning series, including workshops, facilitator guides, presentations, and family resources.
• Curate educational resources and build a centralized family engagement resource repository.
• Develop a parent leadership and train-the-trainer model to empower families to share literacy strategies.
• Create surveys, data collection systems, and reporting tools to evaluate family engagement efforts.
• Analyze feedback and participation data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop a family engagement toolkit, implementation guide, and sustainability resources.

Skills

Communications

Community Organization

Computers/Technology

Job description

Reading Partners is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping children become lifelong readers by connecting them with community volunteers and evidence-based literacy support.

As a Family Engagement Capacity Building VISTA, you will develop sustainable systems that strengthen how families access literacy resources, participate in their children's learning, and connect with schools and community organizations.